How to Add an Icon to Your Minecraft Server


If you want to set a custom icon for your server on the in-game server list, but don’t know-how, you’re in the right place.

| The icon is the image that is displayed when you add a server to your client.

We also have a video tutorial for adding an icon to your server.

${youtube}[How To: Add an Icon to Your Minecraft Server](u9GUxa8TsjU)

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# Preparing Your Icon

**Please note that your icon has to meet up the following requirements:**

* It needs to be 64×64 pixels in size
* It needs to be a `.png` file extension
* It needs to be called `server-icon.png`

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** To prepare your icon you need to:**

1. Save the picture you want to use, then open the [following page](https://genfavicon.com/).

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2. Click on `Browse` and select your image, then click on `Upload Image`.


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3. Select `64 x 64` at the `Select in Size` campus, then click on `Capture & Preview`.


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4. Download your new PNG icon and rename it to `server-icon.png`.

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# ️ Setting Up Your Icon ️

To set up your server icon you can either use our Icon Tool, either upload it manually to your server files.

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### The Icon Tool

To upload your icon we will be using the icon tool.

Here is what you need to do:

1. Log in to your Multicraft [here](https://mc.ggservers.com/site/login) and stop your server.

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2. Click on `Appearance`, then on `Server Icon`.


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3. Click on `Choose File`, choose your icon, then click on `Upload Icon`.


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4. Start your server.

Now you just uploaded your icon to your server.

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### Uploading the Icon Manually

To upload your icon manually you need to:

1. Log in to your Multicraft [here](https://mc.ggservers.com/site/login) and stop your server.

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2. Click on `Files`, then on `FTP files access`, and log in.


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3. Click on `Upload File`, select your icon, and upload it to your root directory of the server.


|| NOTE: The root directory of the server is the one that contains all other files and folders.

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4. Start your server.

Now you just uploaded manually your icon.

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| If you find any issues setting up your server icon please contact us on live chat or via the [ticket system](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-open-a-support-ticket-qjzuyd/).

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# ❕ Useful Links ❕

– [How to Change Your Message of the Day (MOTD)](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-change-your-message-of-the-day-motd-7y0l9n/)
– [Implement a custom resource pack/texture pack in your server](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/implement-a-custom-resource-packtexture-pack-in-your-server-gx8viz/)
– [Players can’t break blocks (Spawn Protection)](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/players-cant-break-blocks-spawn-protection-1ypcdqu/)